Ok, so here's our story:

We are a couple in their mid-30's. We have a four year old son, and another son due in February. Last year, my wife's estranged sister (who has some mental problems) convinced us to move from Daytona Beach, FL to a small town in Northern Georgia. My wife is the most empathetic person in the world, and saw it as a chance to repair her broken relationship with her sister. It seemed like a cheap place to live, and I figured even at $10 an hour, we'd be able to survive here. I would kill for $10 an hour now.

My wife just finished her Master's in Education in Guidance and Counseling, and is doing her unpaid internship. I have applied at over 200 jobs in the area, and haven't even gotten a call back. I work in non-profit mental health, and prior to moving, I had planned to get a job with one of several mental health organizations here. They all closed down or moved within months of us moving here. We were surviving on my GI Bill. However, now that I am in my last month of school (My Bachelor's in Psychology) we no longer have that. I've applied everywhere, even the local chicken processing plant, and I never even get a callback. Locals that I've talked to say that no one will hire outsiders here, much less a New Englander like me, when the unemployment is so high here. They only hire their own.

My mother used to own two natural medicine stores, one in Harvard Square, another in Palo Alto. After 9/11, she lost them both, went bankrupt, and now makes minimum wage at 60 years old. My father lost most of his retirement during the recent crash, and was laid off as Vice President of the company he had worked at for 20 years. There are also some relationship problems there, he hasn't even sent my son a present for birthday or christmas in years. I think my stepmother has a problem with us. I'm not sure if it's because my wife is Hispanic, or we're not religious, or because my son was born out of wedlock. They just aren't there for us.

We are probably going to have to move in with my wife's mother in Orlando. They fight constantly, which my wife is dreading, but at least her mother is willing to let us stay there in Orlando until we can figure things out. The problem is, my wife's internship won't end until Dec. 15th, and we need to survive until then. We also need to be able to pack everything we own into our minivan, and make it from here to Orlando.

Anything anyone can do to help would be life-saving. Both my wife and myself are trying to devote our lives to helping people, and I assure you any help you can offer would be repaid into the community many times over in our lifetimes. Even if it's a remote job I can do, like data entry, etc. I will gladly take it. If you have a family member with a business in Gilmer/Pickens/Fannin Counties in Northern Georgia, I would also work there. I don't care what it is. I am a US Coast Guard veteran, I worked for a Fortune 500 Commercial Title Insurance company, and worked in non-profit mental health for years. I am great with computers, any sort of office work, etc. I just want to survive until I can get the hell out of here.